Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

My tonality detector indicates that this post is remarkably arrogant and condescending (as if you have to descend from the heavens in order to deign to gift us with your superior knowledge). Most of us already know this, you just jumped the gun and assumed the poster had the worst intentions because you didn't want to answer a simple question. See? I figured that all out from the tone of your post. Not fun for peope to assume things just by the tone of your post, eh? Try the principle of charity then.

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

I understand what you're trying to say, but "tonality" technically doesn't apply to text, and perceiving that kind of information in text can be difficult, given that most of the relevant information is usually acquired from non-verbal communcatino. Further, there are large socio-cultural variations in non-verbal communication, so even if you maximized the transfer of what is usually non-verbal information through text (what you are referring to analogously as "tonality" - though I can't conjure the correct word right now), the probability of miscommunication is still high.

If you expect to easily communicate this kind of information to most people on and internet forum, then at least part of the miscommunication is your fault.

Goddamn, I spent 6 minutes reading and responding to this post instead of working >_<

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

I couldn't agree more, love.

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At 3/27/2015 11:39:36 AM, lamerde wrote:The bottom line is, most people use anecdotal evidence (fallaciously) to support their claims about race on here. You neither have science nor anecdotal evidence, so what are you using?

I was just talking to someone about the "I'm not racist, I have a Black friend" phenomena yesterday. No one would say "I'm not sexist, I have a mother," and yet race is somehow viewed differently. You're right in saying that anecdotal evidence is used fallaciously to support otherwise unfounded claims about race. I spoke to some extent about this on some other thread; because we see race every day, we often speak as though we are experts on it, while we would not to so in so many other areas of life. For example, I happen to be experiencing gravity right now, though I would never think to speak on it in at some kind of theoretical level.

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Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

What's so great about it? Like PCP said, it's condescending and assumes that we don't already know this...

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

What's so great about it? Like PCP said, it's condescending and assumes that we don't already know this...

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

What's so great about it? Like PCP said, it's condescending and assumes that we don't already know this...

When you're smarter than everyone else it is okay to condescend, am I right?

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

What's so great about it? Like PCP said, it's condescending and assumes that we don't already know this...

When you're smarter than everyone else it is okay to condescend, am I right?

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

What's so great about it? Like PCP said, it's condescending and assumes that we don't already know this...

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

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Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

"1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)"

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Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

Ciao,Cassandra

Great post.

"1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)"

That is my one and only criticism. I don't know what the hell terseness means.

Recently, I have seen a few DDO members struggle to detect tone in content posted, hence they make mistakes in responding correctly. Due to me being such a nice person, I will explain to those of you who struggle with detecting tone how to be more adept in doing so.

Let's have a look at an example.

"Your profile says you're from Australia, so you would know about black Americans how?"

I would've responded with, "why do you think I moved to Australia?"

Literally, this appears to be a question. However, if you look closer, this is actually a piece of rhetoric designed to be dismissive. Incidentally, the context involved a large, detailed text that briefly hinted at references, and the quoted piece here is the response. The best way to detect tone is to apply context in order to deduce a thorough understanding, and then read both literally and non-literally.

So, instead of taking this response as a legitimate question, one would be wise and correct to read it in its Ad Hominem variation, as the person is dismissing the argument due to the person speaking it.

There are three take-aways from analysing this extract:

1) Terseness in response, especially after a block of text, will likely imply dismissiveness. Content made in this fashion should be taken in its snarky variant (or as light humour, depending on your relationship with the person, but I didn't know this person in this example)

2) Only considering the literal meaning of text will leave you struggling to accurately assess tonality. Always consider the hidden implications

3) Text is far more difficult to detect tone through when compared with the spoken version. Read the text multiple times if you are unsure as to its nature, and hence its tone

Whilst I won't name those who struggled with this somewhat difficult reading comprehension, I hope that reading this has been a valuable lesson to everyone.

At 3/27/2015 11:39:36 AM, lamerde wrote:The bottom line is, most people use anecdotal evidence (fallaciously) to support their claims about race on here. You neither have science nor anecdotal evidence, so what are you using?

I was just talking to someone about the "I'm not racist, I have a Black friend" phenomena yesterday. No one would say "I'm not sexist, I have a mother," and yet race is somehow viewed differently. You're right in saying that anecdotal evidence is used fallaciously to support otherwise unfounded claims about race. I spoke to some extent about this on some other thread; because we see race every day, we often speak as though we are experts on it, while we would not to so in so many other areas of life. For example, I happen to be experiencing gravity right now, though I would never think to speak on it in at some kind of theoretical level.